Here’s how @CNN covered the March for Life vs the Women’s March…and it ain’t even close

This weekend the breaking news app on my phone was going crazy with alerts from CNN for the Women’s March, and that got me thinking. I didn’t remember any such alerts for the annual March for Life that was in Washington DC on Friday, so I decided to do a comparison on how CNN covered both events.

Instead of combing through their TV coverages which would take precious hours, I decided to use their CNN breaking news account @cnnbrk on Twitter instead – since that was the source of the alerts I was getting on my phone. To be fair, I also checked CNN’s main account @CNN to see how they covered both events.

You should also know that I did not include duplicate tweets from CNN on the Women’s March, which were many. I instead tried to focus on the unique tweets on each Twitter account for each event.

ZERO breaking news tweets and only TWO from CNN’s main account, and those two tweets only focused on Trump’s speech. If he hadn’t spoken at the event, it would have gotten zero coverage from CNN on Twitter.

Women’s March

"Gender equality can't just exist outside ourselves — it must exist within. We must take responsibility not just for our actions, but for ourselves." - Actress Scarlett Johansson speaks at the Women's March in Los Angeles https://t.co/M5pSNN63YJpic.twitter.com/iwkHXWLhsX

"It is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. That's on all of us." Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards urges white women to "do better" in fight for equality at the Women's March rally in Las Vegas https://t.co/OemPJQmHLrpic.twitter.com/oGeaklBSxO

"Gender equality can't just exist outside ourselves — it must exist within. We must take responsibility not just for our actions, but for ourselves." - Actress Scarlett Johansson speaks at the Women's March in Los Angeles https://t.co/SGMjlDIoorpic.twitter.com/WAlD8miRq9

Natalie Portman said experiencing "sexual terrorism" at the age of 13 made her feel the need to cover her body and inhibit expression while addressing thousands in LA gathered for the Women's March https://t.co/LjDJxrz1DVpic.twitter.com/X9Ee9dZUBM

"It is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. That's on all of us." Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards urges white women to "do better" in fight for equality at the Women's March rally in Las Vegas https://t.co/eOCFcxt80Ppic.twitter.com/TPqajIu8u5

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